Blu-ray

Taxi driver

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray version ; 40th anniversary edition.

Languages

English, Czech, French (PAR), German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish VO, Portuguese, Russian VO, Spanish (Castilian) or Spanish (Latin American) dialogue; optional English, Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (Classic), Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), Swedish or Turkish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd.

Publication Information

Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2016]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (114 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, while attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.

Notes

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976.

Includes one Blu-ray disc with the feature film and one DVD with special features.

Special features: 40-minutes Taxi Driver Q&A (recorded live at the Beacon Theatre in New Yord City at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival ; original 1986 commentary with director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader recorded by the Criterion Collection ; commentaries by writer Paul Schrader and by Professor Robert Kolker ; Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver ; Producing Taxi Driver ; God's lonely man ; Taxi Driver stories ; Travis's New York ; Travis's New York locations ; theatrical trailer ; Making Taxi Driver ; storyboard to film comparisons with Martin Scorsese introdution ; animated photo galleries.

Contents

  • Disc one. Blu-ray feature film + special features
  • Disc two. DVD special features.

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